Output details
34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
Heriot-Watt University
Output title
Creativity and control: drawing for ideation and specification in the design process
Type
E - Conference contribution
DOI
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Name of conference/published proceedings
Drawing Research Network Conference
Volume number
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Issue number
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First page of article
222
ISSN of proceedings
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Year of publication
2012
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
The investigation was conducted over a two year period using a range of research methods and focused on 30 designers’ descriptions of their current and historical practice and on their views of how digital technology had changed their use of drawing. Significant new findings on both historical and contemporary uses of drawing by designers are presented to define the characteristics of drawing as a mechanism in not only facilitating creative thinking but also in controlling design production. Illustrated by drawings that span three decades, this paper demonstrates the continuing importance of paper-based drawing even in an era of computer-aided systems.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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